Compulsory military service could be cut
Michael Laudrup fights the Viasat curse
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Danish man says he was involved in plot that killed top terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki
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HE NATIONAL intelligence agency PET was directly involved in the hunt for one of the world’s most wanted terrorist leaders – al-Qaeda’s Anwar al-Awlaki – before he was killed in a US drone attack in September of last year. Morten Storm, a 36-year-old PET agent working with the CIA, told Jyllands-Posten newspaper that he infiltrated al-Awlaki’s inner circle and was responsible for the series of events that led to the al-Qaeda leader’s demise. “I helped the CIA and PET track Anwar so the Americans could send a
drone after him,” Storm told JyllandsPosten. “That was the plan, which was created by the CIA and PET.” Storm said that he and al-Awlaki began trading messages via a USB memory stick at the beginning of September 2011. Messengers carried the memory stick back and forth between the two men. Shortly after the last time that Storm sent the stick back to al-Awlaki at the end of September last year, the alQaeda leader was tracked and killed by a US drone attack ordered by President Barack Obama. Storm said that he had been living a double life for a number of years. One life was led as Morten Storm, a PET agent who reported both to the CIA and PET, and a second was that of Murad Storm, a radical Muslim with terrorist friends.
“Many of my family and friends have believed for the past six years that I am a dedicated Islamist,” said Storm. “Now they know that I have been fighting terror.” Storm’s path into covert operations was a twisted one indeed. Born in the small Zealand town of Korsør, Storm was a troubled child who had a hard time adjusting in school. He committed his first armed robberies at the age of 13. He was in and out of jail during his teenage years, eventually becoming a member of the Bandidos biker gang. Following an arrest in June 1997, Storm renounced his life of drugs and violence and told his lawyer, family and friends that he was converting to Islam. By all appearances, Storm was serious about his new faith. After living
with another Danish convert in England, he moved to Yemen to study the Koran. While in Yemen, he married a Moroccan woman in 2000 and had a son he named Osama in 2002. It was during this time that his faith took a radical turn and he began communicating with radicals thought to be involved in terrorism. It was through them that Storm made contact with the American-born al-Awlaki. Storm said he eventually became disillusioned by the radical side of Islam. “I found out that what I believed in was, unfortunately, not what I thought it was,” he said. In the winter of 2006, Storm said he contacted PET and said he would help
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